Great, Easy Meals You Can Make With the Random Food Around Your Place

It's hungry o'clock but you reeeeally don't feel like going to the grocery store right now. So, you have three options: starve, demolish a bag of tortilla chips or whip up one of these easy, practically gourmet meals using ingredients you probably already have lying around your kitchen. Cara Eisenpress, author of In the Small Kitchen and founder, editor, and head chef at Big Girls, Small Kitchen has awesome, off-the-cuff solutions.

Cacio & Pepe Pasta

What You Need: Noodles, butter, and cheese

Meet Rome's version of a late-night snack. Boil half a box of pasta until it's al dente, drain it, and reserve 1/2 cup of pasta water. Melt 3 tablespoons of butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in 1 tablespoon of black pepper. Pour in the pasta water and bring it to a simmer. Add the pasta and 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese. Toss until it's evenly coated. This technically serves two, if you have superhuman self-restraint.